Steven P. O’Day President | Austin College
Steven P. O’Day President | Austin College
Overall, basketball teams in the county received a total of $1,042,815, with women’s teams receiving $591,793.
Since 2010, the average sports expenses in Grayson County have grown 91%.
Basketball is one of the most popular sports played at U.S. colleges, as well as football. NCAA basketball teams are often as popular as NBA teams, and offer a different experience for fans.
In 2022, after a decades-long fight, student-athletes nationwide gained the right to profit from their names, likenesses, and images as a result of a flurry of new state laws and an NCAA policy change.
The basketball fund received around 168.57 million dollars from NCAA revenue in 2020–21.
Year | Basketball team's expenditures | % from grand total sport team expenditures | Total Sport Team Expenditures |
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2023 | $591,793 | 13.1% | $4,512,640 |
2022 | $427,691 | 12% | $3,549,318 |
2021 | $384,989 | 12.1% | $3,178,470 |
2020 | $409,116 | 13.3% | $3,083,278 |
2019 | $424,403 | 11.9% | $3,579,141 |